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Post by SarahW on Sept 10, 2007 9:07:43 GMT
Hi All, Just to let you know Mum's the Word: The Truth About Motherhood has just been published. The official launch by Cathy Kelly is on Wed at 6.30 in Hughes and Hughes, St Stephen's Green, Dublin. The book is a collection of brilliant true stories about motherhood by 34 of Ireland's most popular women writers - from Booker nominee, Anne Enright, to Cathy Kelly herself, Marita Conlon-McKenna, Martina Devlin, Clare Dowling, Martina Reilly and many, many more. There are stories about adoption, IVF, losing a baby, birth, being a granny, pregnancy, friendship - it will make you laugh, cry and gasp. I know you'll love it! For further details or to buy a copy on line check out www.newisland.ieAll the royalties of the book (all the writers gave their stories free) will be donated to cystic fibrosis research in The National Children's Hospital in Tallaght. So it's a brilliant read for a great cause. Do buy a copy. SarahXXX |
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Post by Oonagh on Sept 10, 2007 17:27:20 GMT
will definetly buy a copy
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Post by katied on Sept 10, 2007 18:41:13 GMT
I saw a copy in Easons in Liffey Valley on Saturday. A whole shelf of copies actually right at the front of the store!
I hope to drop in on Wednesday.
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Post by fionnuala on Sept 10, 2007 21:35:02 GMT
I can't wait to get this Sarah - all the best with it! I hope that the hospital makes lots of money from it!
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Post by SarahW on Sept 11, 2007 9:48:13 GMT
Hi,
Thanks Finn and OOnagh. I know you'll love it.
The press have been very supportive:
Today's Irish Times features Kate Thompson and her daughter - and a shortened version of her piece from the book.
And the Daily Mail features Katy McGuinness and her daughter - and her story from the book - today's paper again.
Saffa, Denise Deegan and I are on TV3 tomorrow at 8.15 ish also. Saffa won the TV3 competition.
Fingers crossed - I hope the book does really well. The money will go towards a research project into cystic fibrosis in the National Children's Hospital in Tallaght.
Best, SarahX
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Post by esme on Sept 11, 2007 11:58:48 GMT
Congratulations all round! Fantastic piece of work - and a great cause.
Best wishes,
Imelda
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Post by shaz on Sept 12, 2007 14:09:16 GMT
Can't wait to read this, got it on pre-order with Amazon
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Post by megan on Sept 12, 2007 17:44:31 GMT
Hope you have a wonderful launch this evening, Sarah! I've read your blog (love all the details!) - hectic schedule!!
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Post by Shirley on Sept 13, 2007 21:11:11 GMT
Excellent! Will be getting this at the weekend! Spoilt for short stories at the mo between that now and Do The Write Thing (really enjoying this book).
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Post by fionnuala on Sept 16, 2007 18:33:16 GMT
Got this today Sarah and sat and read a few stories whilst I was waiting for my other half and the children to finish the rest of the shopping! Anne Marie Forrest's story nearly had me weeping buckets - I really admire her for writing what she did in the way that she did and the ending was so poignant - it had me out in goosebumps!!
I had words with the assisstant in Eason's as well! I found this book in the reference section next to the books that tell you how to deal with troublesome toddlers so I very nicely pointed out that it was a rather odd place to put a fictional book of short stories esp one which was supposed to be raising money for charity!! What are Eason's at? They didn't have 'Do the Write Thing' either and claimed that it was so new that they weren't in a position to stock it yet???
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Post by megan on Sept 16, 2007 19:17:48 GMT
I read the last story by Safa, who won the competition. It is brilliant! The book really catches the eye. Both it and 'Do the Write Thing' are on the 'just published' shelves in Easons in Swords and Blanchardstown.
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Post by fionnuala on Sept 16, 2007 19:28:52 GMT
Well obv Eason's in Dublin are a lot more sensible than up with us Megan!!
Saffa's story is indeed brilliant and very moving - she's a very deserving winner!
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Post by katied on Sept 17, 2007 8:31:42 GMT
It's great having eyes all over the country to spot our books!
Thanks
Kate
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Post by charlene on Sept 17, 2007 19:53:41 GMT
ordered mine at the weekend of amazon.
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Post by Colette Caddle on Sept 18, 2007 8:34:26 GMT
Hi everyone - hope you're all well. I'm breaking all my own rules by logging on but I just had to tell you if you haven't bought this book yet - please buy it and spread the word and - above all - don't lend it to anyone!
Because I'm working hard on my new book I don't read and I don't go online because once I start .... well, you know how it is! But I allowed myself a sneak at some of the stories in Mum's The Word over lunch and I promise, it's worth every penny. There are laughs, there are tears, something that every mother will be able to relate to.
I had a particularly rough day yesterday and staggered in the door with the kids at f4 to find a fuse had gone, my fridge, my phone and my computer weren't working - last straw kind of stuff. I sat eldest down to do his homework; youngest in front of Spot and sat down to have my lunch (yes, at 4) and read Anne Marie Forrest's story. Well!! Talk about timing! My little darlings were in shock. One minute I'd been the mother from hell and the next I was hugging, kissing and playing with them.
So, thanks Anne-Marie and well done for writing such a moving story, that took courage. Now, I hope I've tantalised you all to the point that you're rushing out to buy the book! Remember it's available in Mothercare too.
Okay, back to the writing but at lunchtime, I will allow myself another peak. xx Colette C
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Post by Mary on Sept 18, 2007 12:36:49 GMT
That's so lovely, Colette, and you're very disciplined. I'm afraid I couldn't survive without my reading (even if I am writing).......always have to have a book on the go.
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Post by megan on Sept 18, 2007 17:27:10 GMT
Me too, Mary!
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Post by shaz on Sept 19, 2007 7:35:36 GMT
Started reading this book yesterday on the train but had to stop after reading Anne-Marie's story as I could feel myself tearing up. Last thing my fellow passengers needed was a bawling woman.
I have read a few more stories this morning whilst waiting for my brother to get up (am staying at his for a few days) and have already been bawling again this morning reading Martina Devlin's story about IVF.
I am not a mother so cannot even begin to imagine what the emotions must be like good or bad. You never know I still may meet Mr Right before its too late to have kids but I already know that I would have problems conceiving as I have PCOS (Polycystic Ovaries).
I content myself with being a surrogate auntie to my friends kids and borrow them for a few hours and then hand them back. So I mainly get the fun without the tantrums.
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Post by fionnuala on Sept 19, 2007 8:09:15 GMT
Don't be downhearted about having PCOS Shaz - my sister in law had a really bad combination of PCOS and Endimetriosis and she was told that her chances of having children were practically nil - well......her son is four and her daughter is two and she was on the waiting list for IVF but never needed it! She was on fertility drugs and also used Chinese medicine! She lives in Australia and heads a national support group for women with PCOS - if you want to know any more Shaz send me a PM and I'll find out for you!
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Post by Colette Caddle on Sept 19, 2007 13:57:54 GMT
just settling down to read one and enjoying it much as the rest of you but - I beg you girls- don't get carried away discussing the topics and spoil the stories for others, there's nothing worse. Now, one story (promise) and then back to work. x Colette C.
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Post by shaz on Sept 19, 2007 16:29:38 GMT
Finished the book on the train back today, highly recommended.
If you haven't bought it, go out and get it.
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Post by claire on Sept 20, 2007 11:56:52 GMT
Don't worry Colette, most girls don't tell too much about the stories. We can always start a thread on the book reviews section and as most of us know don't go there unless you've read the book
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Post by Shirley on Sept 22, 2007 19:35:25 GMT
I got this book last night - have read Saffa, Anne Marie Forrest and Martina Devlin's stories (all very sad), Sinead Moriarty's (very funny) and Anne Marie Scanlon's, which totally resonated with me as it is about hyperemesis (chronic morning sickness). I thought I had it bad - that poor woman really went through the mill!!! There really is something in the book for everyone.
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Post by Shirley on Sept 22, 2007 19:36:50 GMT
Oh, as Megan mentioned, the book was featured in a very prominent position in Eason in Blanchardstown - I had located it within 5 seconds of stepping inside the store!
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Post by Oonagh on Sept 23, 2007 12:13:22 GMT
I didnt see it in dundalk at all
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Post by fionnuala on Sept 24, 2007 18:48:32 GMT
I'm getting through this well! I loved your diary Mary!
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Post by SarahW on Sept 24, 2007 21:21:55 GMT
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Post by Mary on Sept 25, 2007 8:02:33 GMT
I had a lovely piece on Judi Curtin, Julie Parsons, Denise Deegan and I and what we wrote for Mum's The Word. I'll scan it on to my website later if you want to take a look! It'll be on www.marymalone.info/page6.html |
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Post by Mary on Sept 25, 2007 11:33:39 GMT
Thanks, Fionnuala, I was delighted to see I got a mention in the review of it in the Daily Mail on Sunday!!
I haven't seen a copy of the book yet would you believe?
I must go to Easons as they didn't have it in my local shop!!
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Post by fionnuala on Sept 26, 2007 9:33:03 GMT
Mum's the Word got a great plug on Today FM this morning girlies! They were talking about motherhood and children with special needs and The Memory Keeper's Daughter also got a mention! Have you read it yet Claire?
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